On the day that Sony announced “More Blood, More Tracks” Derek Barker talked with Jeff Slate, the writer of the liner notes for the upcoming, long-awaited box set. Jeff, a New York City-based songwriter and journalist who has written about music and culture for Esquire magazine since 2013, previously contributed liner notes to amongst others the 50th anniversary reissue of The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, albums by the Small Faces, Shawn Colvin, and the STAX Records 60th anniversary reissue series. Jeff is an avid Dylan collector who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of all things The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Monty Python.